Recent content by toshvan

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    Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD, should I buy or wait a bit more?

    I'm not sure if I need it. I'm building myself a new PC and from all I've read, a SSD should make for a noticeable difference in that snappiness feeling I like in well built PCs. Anyway, I plan to use it in combination with a HDD and optimize the OS for long life of the SSD. A question in...
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    Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD, should I buy or wait a bit more?

    After reading the Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD review at HARDOCP I'm tempted to buy my first SSD. Even though I also did some all-around reading around the net on current state of SSDs and it seems there are still some unresolved issues. Anyway, inside Kingston SSDNow V300 is MLC SSD with...
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    Looking for some feedback from Asus P8Z77-M owners

    Macedonia, m8. And because of the discount I have at the local store that carries Asus (and some Asrock) those Gigabite boards are more expensive than the thread subject: P8Z77-M. For some reason P8Z77-V LX seems to be 20% more expensive than P8Z77-M. Board format is not important, though...
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    Looking for some feedback from Asus P8Z77-M owners

    Nope, not yet... I'm not in a hurry and kinda still waiting for some more choice (in my country) but it's still the only choice within the budget. If I'm unable to find some Asrock z77/z75 boards locally, I'll have to buy this board. From what I've seen in another forum couple of guys managed...
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    Looking for some feedback from Asus P8Z77-M owners

    Since Asus doesn't have any Z75 motherboards I was looking at Asus P8Z77-M as a cheap Z solution for my computing needs. Can anybody share some experience with this motherboard, stability and overclocking-wise? I know it has only 4+1 VRM, but I only intend to do 4.2-4.4MHz overclock so I...
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    CPU Voltage Reference

    CPU Voltage Reference bios setting, I'm trying to find an explanation on it, this is what I've found so far: The CPU Reference Voltage configures the CPU Vtt voltage via preset ratios (my motherboard being Asus P5K-SE, seems Asus is using some custom names) Searching further: Cpu Vtt is...
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    Platform choice for Intel E2160 or E4xxx cpu's

    I plan to do a as inexpencive as possible PC, based on the new Intel Pentium E2160 cpu (E4xxx is still an option). Will I loose to much performance wise if I go with Intel 945 chipset and Asus P5PL2-E motherboard or Intel P965 chipset and ASUS P5B motherboard would be simply to much better...
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    Multithreading on budget, need comments and advice

    Hmm, if Asus says rev2 and later supports core2 duo than I guess it is so. Good to know that upgrade is possible, even if it isn't officially supported. I really like the X2, but no friend is coming form US soon enough... As I know the final rendering is always CPU calculated, the more...
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    Multithreading on budget, need comments and advice

    Thanx for the great answers Btw, the card will be for real-time editing, I'm not sure what model right now but it shouldn't be to power hungry. I kinda don't want to skimp too much on the video card, I like to play a game from time to time... I'm not sure X2 would be available anytime soon...
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    Multithreading on budget, need comments and advice

    . Around 1000$ and I need to slap some value monitor in there, too. I'm kinda more looking for info if the above stated setup will be stable enough. Local dealer will give me signifecent discount but they don't have much to choose from. So I'm more or less stuck with choice like Asus...
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    Multithreading on budget, need comments and advice

    I'm putting togther a working rig I'll use for video editing. Need some multithreading on budget so I came up with the configuration below. So I'd like to ask for opinion about the choice of components and PSU. Also I'm wondering whether the PSU is suitable for this setup... Intel Pentium...
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    Value RAM to use with ASUS A8V-E Deluxe

    Thanx, after consulting the Asus Qualified Vendors List, I think I might go with Model #: KVR400X64C3AK2/1G Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB)
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    Value RAM to use with ASUS A8V-E Deluxe

    Hello, please suggest good value RAM to use with my new ASUS A8V-E Deluxe mainboard (VIA K8T890 chipset) I was looking at something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227213 Is it worth paying 30% for this model worth price/performance wise?
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    Winner of ASUS Speed Fighters online

    You won't belive what was inside the mail I have received recently: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations! Thank you for joining the ASUS Speed Fighters online event. As a lucky winner, you now own the ASUS A8V Motherboard! The full...
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    Active PFC for PSU? Yes or no?

    I'm still not clear here. Is active PFC only about power saving or it's also about power protection? Also what is the difference with passive PFC, protection-wise...?